Leadership Styles

 Autocratic  Authoritative  Participative  Charismatic  Transformational

Leadership Grid Concern for Production Concern for People Country Club Management Team Management Impoverished Management Authoritarian Shared Management

Transformations of Leadership  Opportunist  Diplomat  Expert  Achiever  Individualist  Strategist  Alchemist

Frequency of Types OpportunistWins any way possible Good in emergencies 5% DiplomatAvoids overt conflictGood as supportive glue 12% ExpertRules by logic and expertise Good individual contributor 38% AchieverMeets strategic goalsGood at managerial roles 30% IndividualistInterweaves competing personal and company action Effective in venture and consulting roles 10% StrategistGenerates organizational and personal change Effective as a change leader 4% AlchemistGenerates social change Good at leading society-wide change 1%

Can you grow as a leader?  Leaders can transform from one type to another  From expert to achiever  From achiever to individualist  Becoming a strategist  Most effective teams have strategist culture

New Leaders Take Note  General Advice Take advantage of the transition period Get advice and counsel Show empathy to predecessor Learn leadership  Challenges Need knowledge quickly Establish new relationships Expectations Personal equilibrium

New Leader Traps  Not learning quickly  Isolation  Know-it-all  Keeping existing team  Taking on too much  Captured by wrong people  Successor syndrome